Garage in area of UCD?

Tiriel

Just hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of a garage.. with mechanic.. my polo isn't starting properly with the last couple of days and I haven't a clue what's up. Money is pretty tight, I'm a student.. so if anyone knows of somewhere that can take a look without charging an arm and a leg I'd really appreciate it!!

WizZard

Kealy's in Donnybrook are decent. There's a Qwik Fit type operation beside them too.
That's not too far away.

el tel

IS the car just plain dead or does it attempt to start / turn over? Any noises?
It might just be the battery or the cold weather.

Tiriel

It starts but dies then straight away, so if I press boot.. it keeps going and is fine, doesn't cut out again or anything. But it is worrying me as I don't want to get stuck somewhere!! Oh and it doesn't happen everytime.. like today it was perfect when I started it to go to college.. it was after the lecture.. 2hrs later that I had trouble starting it! So it can't have been the cold when it had been sitting in the car park for 2 days.. and started no trouble!

Tiriel

WizZard - thanks! is that on the left on the way into Donnybrook heading towards town?

el tel

I had a Polo and, like many VWs then, cold starts were perfect however it didn't start quite so easily/readily when the engine was warm (eg parked for a while). When the battery was on it's way out there'd be plenty of diffs starting and the odd engine cut-out when driving slowly. Perhaps someone
else here might have an idea...

Tiriel

El tel.. thanks for reply..
hmm so you think that maybe it is just the cold? What do you mean by

When the battery was on it's way out there'd be plenty of diffs starting and the odd engine cut-out when driving slowly.

? Sorry but I'm kind of clueless when things go wrong!

el tel

Sorry - towards the end of the battery life the car would have trouble starting and would cut out very readily in slow traffic, especially when the lights, heater, radio were all on. The cold weather also made starting with a dud battery difficult.

Apart from the one WizZard mentioned, there are a few other garages in the area (Donnybrook/Ballsbridge)-
The Waterloo Garage in Waterloo Lane, near the Burlington Hotel,
Pembroke Service Garage, Baggot Lane,
Waltons, Leeson Park (off Dartmouth Square).

Tiriel

oh right.. that doesn't sound good! thanks for the garages.. I'll have to look into it

kkk888

dont go near the <snip> garage, been rape off today. send my car in because the on the the thread on engine case where the bolt going to hold tensioner is gone, so all they do is used jb weld bound bolt on. i also got new tensioner and new belt for it before i send my car in, told the guy the new parts its in the boot. At the end they bought new parts themself, told me forgot there is new parts in the boot and told me keep it for spare. charge me 200euro.

Foxhole Norman

Where do people even find these threads

kkk888

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Where do people even find these threads

Google the keyword.
Just let people know my experience.

coylemj

kkk888 wrote: »

Google the keyword.
Just let people know my experience.

It was one of several garages mentioned in a thread that's eight years old and if your post above is anything to go by, I'm not surprised how the confusion arose.

Those guys have been in business for well over 30 years, they have a loyal customer base. I used to work in the area and never heard anyone say a bad word about them. One of my former colleagues who lives in Rathgar and is a car nut regularly uses them.

Truckermal

kkk888 wrote: »

dont go near the <snip> garage, been rape off today. send my car in because the on the the thread on engine case where the bolt going to hold tensioner is gone, so all they do is used jb weld bound bolt on. i also got new tensioner and new belt for it before i send my car in, told the guy the new parts its in the boot. At the end they bought new parts themself, told me forgot there is new parts in the boot and told me keep it for spare. charge me 200euro.

A trip to UCD on the way might have done no harm.

biko

Necro lock. If you want consumer advice there is a forum for that.